Against all odds, Adam Johnson, Howell teen walks again

Doctor: 'It's what you do with that second chance that makes it different'

10:25 AM,
Dec. 25, 2013

Adam Johnson, 18, of Howell, who was diagnosed a paraplegic after a serious car accident last year and is now walking again, visits his spinal surgeon Dr. Michael Lospinuso at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ Wednesday December 11, 2013. Staff photo Tanya Breen ASB 1212 Howell Teen

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Gina Columbus
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But with a year of intense strength-building workouts and an equal amount of motivation to stand on his own two feet, the so-called "all-American boy" defied a paraplegia diagnosis and today stands and takes strides on his own two feet.

It's a special Christmas gift for the Howell resident and his family, coupled with feelings of gratitude and a will to help others move past the physical and emotional challenges he, too, faced in a year's time.The night things changed ...